Spit-Shine Marketing is a freelance communications and public relations firm in Topeka, KS, owned by Cynthia Price. Cynthia's been working in journalism and communications in northeast Kansas for 13 years. She's the primary creative force behind Spit-Shine, but the network she's established over the years also provides her access to many of the best professionals in the region.

Education
• MBA from Baker University with a concentration in marketing
.....(summa cum laude)
• BA in English from Emporia State University, minor in journalism
.....(summa cum laude)

Professional memberships, accomplishments
• Member, International Association of Business Communicators
• Judge and coach, high school and collegiate newspapers and literary magazines (National Scholastic Press Association, Associated Collegiate Press)
• Recipient, Outstanding Recent Graduate for ESU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, April 2004
• Recipient, Associated Press Managing Editors Instant Citation for coverage of now-Vice President Joe Biden at the state Democratic convention, April 2001

Communications experience
• Publications writer at the Kansas Insurance Department
• Assistant news editor at The Topeka Capital-Journal
• Editorial assistant at The Pitch (Kansas City, Mo.)
• Editor at The Bulletin (Emporia State student newspaper), as well as six other positions at the newspaper
• Other publications/positions: editor of Hers Kansas magazine, editor of Quivira literary magazine, coordinator and designer for Bluestem Press poetry competition

The virtual me
My LinkedIn profile includes a slideshow about Spit-Shine.
www.linkedin.com/in/cynthiadprice